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10/part1.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import re
+
+RE_MATCH_LONGEST = re.compile(r'(.)(\1*)')
+
+
+def lookAndSay(sequence):
+    pos = 0
+    result = ""
+    while pos < len(sequence):
+        match = re.match(RE_MATCH_LONGEST, sequence[pos:])
+        pos += len(match.group(2)) + 1
+        result = "%s%d%s" % (result, len(match.group(2))+1, match.group(1))
+    return result
+
+
+def main():
+    input = "1113222113"
+    for x in range(0, 40):
+        input = lookAndSay(input)
+
+    print len(input)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

10/part2.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import re
+
+RE_MATCH_LONGEST = re.compile(r'(.)(\1*)')
+
+
+def lookAndSay(sequence):
+    pos = 0
+    result = ""
+    while pos < len(sequence):
+        match = re.match(RE_MATCH_LONGEST, sequence[pos:])
+        pos += len(match.group(2)) + 1
+        result = "%s%d%s" % (result, len(match.group(2))+1, match.group(1))
+    return result
+
+
+def main():
+    input = "1113222113"
+    for x in range(0, 50):
+        input = lookAndSay(input)
+
+    print len(input)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()